Little Chalfont Primary School
Oakington Avenue, Little Chalfont, Amersham, HP6 6SX
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Little Chalfont Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Robert Hacking
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 244
- Pupils on roll
- 240
- URN
- 110271
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
About this school
Little Chalfont Primary School was a community primary school in Amersham. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 240 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Little Chalfont Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 97% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 28% | 27% |
| Expected standard in reading | 91% | 100% |
| Expected standard in maths | 94% | 97% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 97% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111.0 | 111.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.90 | - |
| Writing progress | +3.50 | - |
| Maths progress | +5.20 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Little Chalfont Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Buckinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78% | 59.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 97% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 247 |
| 2023/24 | 240 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Little Chalfont Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.7% | 2.3% | 240 | — |
| Little Chalfont Primary School | 78% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 247 | 0.0 miles |
| Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy | 73% | 3.9% | 33.3% | 168 | 0.9 miles |
| Chenies School | 74% | 5.1% | 10.2% | 41 | 1.0 miles |
| The Russell School | 86% | 2.9% | 3.4% | 237 | 1.5 miles |
| St George's Church of England Infant School | — | 4.5% | 12.4% | 158 | 1.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 2.3%
- English as an additional language
- 20%
- Overall absence
- 3.7%
- Persistent absence
- 3.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Little Chalfont Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Amersham
-
Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Amersham
-
Chenies School1.0 miles
Primary · Rickmansworth
-
The Russell School1.5 miles
Primary · Rickmansworth
-
St George's Church of England Infant School1.6 miles
Primary · Amersham
Other schools in Amersham
- Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy Primary
- Chesham Bois Church of England School Primary
- Chestnut Lane School Primary
- Coleshill Church of England Infant School Primary
- Curzon Church of England Combined School Primary
- Elangeni School Primary
- Hyde Heath Infant School Primary
- Little Chalfont Primary School Primary
- Little Missenden Church of England School Primary
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St George's Church of England Infant School Primary
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Amersham Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Little Chalfont Primary School teach?
- Little Chalfont Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Amersham.
- Has Little Chalfont Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Little Chalfont Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Little Chalfont Primary School?
- Little Chalfont Primary School had 240 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Little Chalfont Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 97% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Little Chalfont Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Little Chalfont Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2024.